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Most khap panchayats may be caught in a medieval time warp but one such village council in Haryana is fighting against the stereotype — not only by working against female foeticide and dowry but also going digital, launching a website. The Kajla ...MSN Canada, 18 hours ago

To oppose the land acquisition ordinance introduced by NDA government, Haryana's khap panchayats and peasant outfits have announced to gather about 1 lakh farmers on national highway-1 near Kurukshetra on March 5.

CHANDIGARH: Amid protests by farmer unions and khap panchayats for implementation of Swaminathan Commission report, the state government on Tuesday urged the Union government to replace minimum support price (MSP) with 'profitable price' in ...

Chandigarh: Stray cow bulls, which have been on the rampage for some months in Bhiwani district of Haryana, forced the calling of a statewide Khap Mahapanchayat recently. Among the more important issues taken up at the Maha Panchayat was the street ...

Already having got global recognition by roping in khap panchayats in the fight against female foeticide in Haryana, Bibipur village of Jind launched another initiative to reward women acting as whistleblowers against those allegedly involved in illegal ...

Jind (Haryana): Khap Panchayats today threatened to launch an agitation against Union Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda for his comments terming Khaps as “unconstitutional” and demanded his removal from the Cabinet.Speaking at a meeting at ...

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar came out in defence of khap panchayats on Friday, stating that they keep a check on social evil and that there is nothing wrong with their orders. "There are various kinds of institutions in our society and each of ...

Sudesh Chaudhary heads the only women's wing in all of Haryana's khap panchayats, which are self-instituted councils that govern clans and have considerable social power in parts of north India. Sitting in her living room in her three-storeyed house ...

CHANDIGARH: The face-off between braveheart sisters Aarti and Pooja and the boys they took on in a moving Haryana Roadways bus was put on hold on Sunday as the khap mahapanchayat called to resolve the matter on Sunday dropped the issue and resolved ...

The Jind panchayat in Haryana has come up with another bizarre verdict in a woman's murder case by ordering the families of the accused to kneel in penance on the spot where she was killed. Representational image of a village panchayat ...